A graduate with Honors of Edmonds-Woodway High School's International Baccalaureate Diploma program, I am familiar with the IB program, some AP courses, and the standardized testing of today's college application process. I currently attend Pomona College, where I am working towards a Bachelor of Arts degree and am focusing on the field of social sciences. My school experience has encompassed private and public school, home schooling, and parent-teacher co-ops. I began tutoring as a freshman in high school, and have continued to tutor elementary through high school levels of math, reading, writing, English, chemistry, Spanish, and history. I tend to offer a lot of math assistance, but I love tutoring in the humanities as they are closely related to real people! I believe in the importance of not only learning the material alongside the student but teaching them strategies for organization and success in their classes and tests. Oftentimes, a tutor is simply the person who helps the material finally click through patience, re-teaching core principles of a subject, and by finding solutions to the individual problems of each student. It is also important that a tutor is a motivator to complete the job and has a personal connection with their students. That is who I hope to be as a tutor. Outside of tutoring, I enjoy reading and making art, skiing, baking, involvement in my church, and traveling.